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Cleaning up “the Great Stink”
Andrew Leonard
Salmon in the Thames? A "green province" in China? Who can we thank for these miracles?
Gone with the wind
Katherine Ellison
The rich may be moaning about wind turbines ruining their coastal views on Cape Cod, but in Delaware, citizens are ardently battling politicians -- and the coal industry -- to build the nation's largest offshore wind park.
Bill McKibben says we’re stuffed
Ira Boudway
We've eaten, developed and drilled to near oblivion, says the environmental writer. It's time to realize that having more stuff is not the road to paradise. Oh, really?
“We are facing a planetary emergency”
Salon Staff
At a Senate hearing, former Vice President Al Gore gives his recommendations on how to stop global warming, and faces some harsh questioning.
Anne Lamott’s amazing grace
Joan Walsh
The former Salon columnist talks straight about being attacked by readers, why she's not crazy about Hillary, her wonderful week with Molly Ivins, and what a drag it is getting old.
Free software off limits for SUV drivers
Andrew Leonard
Innovative licensing strategy or crass P.R. attempt to co-opt the threat of global warming?
Arnold Schwarzenegger: “The Republican Al Gore”
Andrew Leonard
A Republican congressman from Michigan says the California governor wants Detroit to "drop dead."
The New York Times and Al Gore’s science
Andrew Leonard
Climate change bloggers go on the warpath against a NYT article reporting that scientists are taking issue with "An Inconvenient Truth."
The Great Smog of China
Andrew Leonard
London's pea soup fog used to be a deadly killer, until the government cleaned it up. Can China, and the world, learn from example?
Let’s call the coal thing off
Amanda Griscom Little
Coal supplies nearly half the electricity in the U.S. and is responsible for more greenhouse-gas emissions than any other electricity source. Is it too late to kick the habit?
Sex, ski resorts and global warming
Andrew Leonard
Climate change gets blamed for meddling with Bulgaria's prostitution industry.
The anti-Crichton
Andrew Leonard
Equal parts scary and inspiring, Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy about global warming is a riveting how-to plan for averting catastrophe.
Why do journalists suddenly love Al Gore?
Joe Conason
After they tempt him into the presidential race, they'll probably try to destroy him again. And he knows it.
“Switchgrass is cool, dude”
Andrew Leonard
A House hearing on energy development shockingly features politicians asking experts substantive questions about ethanol and peak oil.
Regarding Oscar
Salon Staff
Salon critics and special guests weigh in on the Academy Awards -- the wins, the dresses, the absence of Anna Nicole!
Ramses III and the first strike
Andrew Leonard
What does worker unrest in Egypt 3,000 years ago have to do with a proposed labor law in China?
Global warning
Bill McKibben
World leaders neglected early warnings about global warming. Now, without an all-out assault on carbon emissions, we'll soon see a "totally different planet."
A woman gets the top computer science prize for the first time
Lynn Harris
Frances E. Allen receives highest honor in male-dominated field.
Organic farming: Not sustainable?
Andrew Leonard
The devil is in the life-cycle assessment details, says a new report from the U.K.
It’s hard out here for an entourage
Debra J. Dickerson
I'd like to thank my agent, my accountant and my therapist. No, really.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Watching ads on TiVo. Worrying about Britney. Plus: Al Gore's anti-global-warming rock-a-thon.
Real talk with Bill Maher
Joan Walsh
The talk show host sizes up Hillary and Obama, and explains why he's so over McCain.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
How safe are those old Russian jets Cubana flies? Why don't people clap on landing anymore? Plus: Stowaways, oxygen deprivation and more!
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